9/17/2002 @ 8:00AM

Scandalously Rich

A Forbes 400 ranking doesn’t always go hand-in-hand with a squeaky clean reputation. Alleged Mafia accountant Meyer Lansky was on our maiden list of the uber-rich back in 1982. Cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar was once listed among the world’s billionaires. And this year, A. Alfred Taubman will be listed on the Forbes 400 with a prison cell as his residence, joining Leona Helmsley and Michael Milken in that dubious distinction. Here are five members and ex-members of the Forbes 400 that have been involved in a recent corporate scandal.